Pilot-Major John Blackthorne / Anjin-san

Richard Chamberlain

Lord Toranaga

Toshiro Mifune

Lady Toda Buntaro - Mariko

Yoko Shimada

Vasco Rodrigues

John Rhys-Davies

Father Alvito

Damien Thomas

Lord Yabu

Frankie Sakai

Father Dell'Aqua

Alan Badel

Kiri

Miiko Taka

Friar Domingo

Michael Hordern

Captain Ferriera

Vladek Sheybal

Omi

Yuki Megoro

Johann Vinck

George Innes

Omi

Yuki Meguro

Nobo Kaneko

Lord Ishido

Lord Buntaro

Hideo Takamatsu

Father Sebastio

Leon Lissek

Pieterzoon

Edward Peel

Ishido

Nobuo Kaneko

Maetsukker

Eric Richard

Fujiko

Hiromi Senno

Spillbergen

Neil McCarthy

Brother Michael

Masumi Okada

Specz

William Morgan Sheppard

Urano

Takeshi Ohbayashi

Ginsel

John J. Carney

Narrator

Orson Welles

Roper

Steve Ubels

Croocq

Stewart MacKenzie

Salamon

Ian Jentle

Kiku

Mika Kitagawa

Muraji

Seiji Miyaguchi

Hiromatsu

Tôru Abe

Naga

Shin Takuma

Jirobei

Hyoei Enoki

Sono

Midori Takei

Rako

Ai Matsubara

Asa

Yumiko Mirishita

Galley Captain

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Old Gardener

Akira Sera

Yoshinaka

Rin'ichi Yamamoto

Sazuko

Yuko Kada

Zataki

Yosuke Natsuki

Urano

Takeshi Obayashi

Yoshie Kitsuda

Suga

Masashi Ebara

Genjiko

Setsuko Sekine

Lady Ochiba

Atsuko Sano

Stephen K. Hayes